Zeile
\ˈt͡saɪ̯lə\
The verdict
“Zeile” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alignement horizontal d'objets, rangée, ligne d'objets.
Corpus desk
Index FR-zeile · Zeile · French
Zeile · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Z" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zeile |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ˈt͡saɪ̯lə\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Zeile » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Zeile is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ˈt͡saɪ̯lə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zeile has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Zeile, spelled Z-E-I-L-E.
Definition
- 1Alignement horizontal d'objets, rangée, ligne d'objets.
- 2Ligne de texte, (caractères typographiques disposés horizontalement composant des mots et des signes juxtaposés ensemble).
- 3Vers, (suite de mots rythmés selon la quantité, l’accentuation, le nombre des syllabes ou le retour de la rime).
- 4Ligne d'une matrice, d'un tableau de données.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Zeile appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Viel Persönliches ist darin, aber man merkt ihm nicht an, daß es von der ersten bis zur letzten Zeile in einem hannoverschen Krankenhaus geschrieben wurde.
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.